A high-roller and hacker accomplices made off with about $33 million after they
gamed a casino in Australia by hacking its surveillance cameras and gaining an
advantage in several rounds of high-stakes card games.

The Oceanâs Eleven-style heist played out over eight hands of cards before the
gambler was caught, though not before the money was gone, according to the
Herald Sun.

The gambler, described only as a foreigner, was a known âwhaleâ â a high-roller
who regularly bet and lost large amounts of money.

He was staying with his family in an opulent villa at the Crown Towers in
Melbourne, Australia a few weeks ago, when the scam occurred.

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